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have been doubled, and may be trebled. No advan tage, however, has arisen from this rise to themselves, for it is stated that nearly all the Grain at Rostock, and other great Depots, is the property of English and other Foreigners, who will alone profit by the advance. This is an unintentional compliment to the enterprise and foresight.f British Merchants. ..✓..~`.. ~'l. - -- A • We copied in our yekterday's Paper, from a cotem- A porary, an explanation published by M. HURTADO, of his conduct in regard to insuring a sum supposed to be shipped for the payment of the Colombian Divi dends; and in our columns of this day will be found a statement of an extraordinary nature, relative to a mis sion 'to this country of a Mr. FOLEY, for the purpose of attempting. to raise a further Loan for Colombia, while he declares that she has no funds for the pay ment of the interest on the former Loans. The whole case is so much involved in mystery, that we forbear enlarging upon it ;. but we caution our countrymen (to use a homely phrase) "from throwing good money after bad," by advancing any further sums to Colom bia; and we must .confess tit the conduct of M. 1-luKTADO, in our opinion, requires further explana tion before he can stand acquitted of those insinuations, horn which the, representative of every State should be entiveli free. A .mongst the many evils which, according to our °Pinion, have arisen from the , 4 Dead Weight Scheme," none are more prominent than the errors and miscon,- ceptions to which' it has • given rise. Neither the friend s nor the opponents of Government •understand the principle of this scheme, and both are in conse quence frequently led to make egregious mistakes in financial statements in which this disastrous expedient forms a component part. We have attempted more than once to explain its nature clearly, and although we fully admit, and indeed have been amongst the very first to point out the evil , consequences of it as a finan cial measure, still it has not yet been productive of the consequences which some writers would' wish to attri bute to it. W e are also ready to admit that the of - end statement, signed by the Actuary and principal Accountant of the National Debt on the 23d of February last, !Ns in no small degree given a colour - to the statements of those writers : but we all know that as the opinion of Counsel may be obtained in any Way which a client wishes by the mode of stating a ease, so in official accounts much must depend on the way in %Thiel' the precept for their preparation is worded. Thus for instance in, the account in question, the value of an annuity of 2,800,0001, for 41f years, may be asstated by Mr. FISLAIION, 74,682,0511.; but the question is, has that sum been added to the funded, debt of the, country by the finan cial operation alluded to ? No man in his senses will • eay that it kis been ; for although by the Acts of 3 Geo. IV. cap. 51, and 4 Geo. IV. cap'. 22, the above sum of st "'uitY has nominally been assigned to the Trustees Wointerl for the payment of the sums estimated on the said .4.cts as the amount of the half-pay and. pen 7 8 i 011 4) yet no more of that annuity than 585,740/. has be " disPesed of, or about One-fifth of the whole ; and con sequently the value of that sum, which, speaking in mum/ numbers, may be 15,000,0001., instead of 7550°0,000/.; is all which has been actually added to the funded debt. For this sum of 585,740/. of an 7 the Bank are to advance, between April 15, • 1123, and July 15, 1828, the sum of 13,089,419/., of which, up to this time, they have advanced the sum °119,083 ,3091. ; .and as it is more than probable that fur ther part of this annuity will be sold than that 414atlY disposed of, but that the scheme will end with the t ermination of the existing bargain of the Bank of t n gland, it is perfectly evident, that upon the most ex :lll4d view of the question which can be taken, the iv ,ue of the annuity sold to the Bank can be alone con ,4lerea as having been added to the National Debi ,of ,nt: country. In strictness, indeed, .the value of such P a t t 01 1 y of th e annu i ty as theirsum already advanced ~u 37 he Bank may b e equa l to, should be reckoned as r4l : I t ively add e d to t h e f unded debt. hes, although we dislike the « dead weight" as cl' as our cotempontries, we must set them right on , t '',Ject on whi c h so gross a mist a k e h as b een ma d e . "ese observations are particularly called from us htatetnent given in the 'Times of this morning, an d which we have •printed in another column, in which this error is cot bean to lead that 3 .4 Mucd, the effect of which . has Debt of Great Britain "iathlat to assert ' that, the that the Public in the Official Document.arTio,„„, sum estimated slid want of space, prevent our going more int o deta i l in our Paper of to-day. MANCHESTER, TLIZSDAY EVEN/NG, Ocr. 17. (moss OUR OWN CORRRSPONDRNT.) A better feeling has been shown in our market to day than on Saturday, and prices which could not be obtained then, have since been realized ; indeed the Purchasers were looking for a reduction, but in COn- Niquence of the firmness in the cotton market at Liver- Pool, yesterday, prices here have to-day become more 4 tded. The actual business done has not been so extensive, nevertheless the enquiry for goods g e nera ll y continues fair. We have no alteration to notice in the 31111 market, either in demand or prices. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. AtA BUR OUG H- STREET. —( Tni DAY. ) Market, &journeyman tailor, was ordered to find bail wurm,okianlting a watchman. Another tailor, named Rote/Jok, 611 0 , 11 1 Ned with taking hold of Harked, and svrearing that he net go to the watch-house. He was fined ss. for the oh "4'4', and committed for seven days in defanit of payment. ?took,. MA RYLMIONE.—(Tuts DAY.) Willi " 4 ""a shoemaker, was brought up at the instance 6 • - -ain Afickie, innkeeper Marykhone-lane, charged with diberderly—Ordered to find boil. THE FUNDS. o' Clock. Consols opettect tins Morning. at 81*, were afterwards buyers at this rate, hilt receded to 81* *; they arc now, at the latter quo ' tation, buyers ; the transactions have hitherto not been very portant, bat there appears to be a general opinion 'that .t.',4; so i s will be rather higher. The business in Co mbia ads has been attended with some - fluctnitieitk-fn they appear in a very feverish oat them -her beg done at 37t, and fell gradually to e statements of Dr. Fol e y, relative to the means the Co lombian Government has of paying the dividend, seems to be eery extraordinary, when he conies, in the same breath, authorised, as he states, to negotiate a fresh loan. If this be true, he has taken a new mode of recommending himself and the Colombian finances, by, informing Capitalists that if a new loan be not granted, that which has already been advanced will be totally lost. It can scarcely be credited that any person in his senses could expect to gull John Bull with such arguments. Mexican Bonds ate flat at 641 . 5 ; Russian have touched 84. • Three per Cept. Cowls, Sli ; Ditto for Account, 81/ 1; India 4 per Cent. Bonds, 32 4 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 19 20 pin. FOREIGN' FuNna.—Brazilian, 63} 41; Buenos Ayres, 61 3; Chilian, 9j; Colombian, 1824,361 7/ ; Mexican per Cent., 54 5 ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 641 5 ; Danish, 57/1; Greek, 14 1; Russian, 831 4; Peruvian, 30 1 ; Spanish, 101. Mmes.—Anglo Mexican, 52i 50 die.; United Mexican, 141 13j die. ; Pasco Peruvian, 14f 13j die. ; Brazilian, 13 14 pm. ; Tlalpuzahua, 30 40 pm. ; Real del Monte, 10 pm. ; Bolivar, 2 4 ; Colombian, 6 7 per Share. Stratum —British Iron Company, 28, 7 die. ; Welch Coal and Iron, 19 17 die. Two o'Cloek. The only alteration in the price of Consols is from 81i, buyers, to 81i, the price; 4 per Cent., 96i ; India Stock, 244 ; India Bonds, 33 4 ; and Exchequer Bills, 19 21 pm. ; Mexican Bonds continue flat at 64t 5 ; Colombian, in which some business has been done, is at 36i 7-1. The Mines are extremely favourable, and the prices are advancing, particularly Tlalptaahua, which is 30 to 40 pm. Consols, 81/i. TERRE 0' CL 0 Cif. A severe conflict took place in the Royal Exchange this morn ing, between the Bulls and Bears, on Colombian Bonds; the former will have it that Dr. Poley's account is positively false and absurd ; the latter say that it is a true bill of fare, and not inserted for Stock Jobbing purposes. At one period a certain friend of M. Ilurtado, a Hebrew, was on the point of drawing his sword against a gentleman of the same fraternity, for saying that the mountain in labour would bring forth a mouse, and the whole of the concern would end in smoke. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LLOYD'S.—(Tins Dar.) DEAL, OCT. 18.—Wind E.--Arrived and sailed, the Deve ron, Wilson, from London to Honduras, and Mary, Smith, from Shields to Gibraltar and Malta.—Remain, Edward, Aldridge, from'Quebec ; two other vessels from Quebec have passed through ; so. names unknown. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 18.—Wind E.—Arrived, Venelea, Ja ■saica. Passed the Frederick, from Jamaica. Sailed his Majesty'. ship, Hussar, from Chatham. PLYMOUTH, (cr. 17.—Wind - S.—Arrived Dispatch, Barrett, from Charente. Put back, Eagle for Leghorn. FALmouTit, Oct. ,17.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived from Lon don the Laura, Knox, for the Cape; Albion, —, from Port au-Prince; Albion, from Vera Cruz; Elizabeth, from Leghorn; Aldbro', Windham, from St. Michael's ; William,—, from Portsmouth to ditto. Also arrived the Rising Sun, for Seville; and Kirby, --, for Lisbon. Ltvr.arooL, OCT. 1 7.—Arrived the Exchange, Mount, from New Orleans ; Bell, —, from Charleston ; Ellen, Sowerby, from Amsterdam ; Favourite, Haddon, from St. John's. Sailed the Children, Procter, for Rio ; Bahamian, Atkinson, for Deme rara; Alatilda, Moore, for Malaga ; Active, Palmer, for Lisbon ; and Tagus, —, for Lisbon. GRAVESEND, OCT. 18.—Arrived the Briton, Davis, from Dautzic; Hoffning, Wilkins, from Hanoust; Prince Coburg, Frith, from Tobago. Sailed the Earl Bathurst, —, for Rot terdam ; Malvina, Kent, for St. Thomas's ; Ileso, Hurst, for Hamburgh ; and Clementine, Wotten, for Naples. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL—(TnisDAT.) LIBEL. . . ZUCKINGUAM V. SANKT& Mr. BROUGHAM stated the case to the Jury on behalf of the plaintiff. He would have to occupy a considerable portion of time, in stating all th e f acts o f t hi s case, anti then he would leave it, with perfect confidence, in the hands of the jury, to say what Compensation ought to be made for the injury done by the defendant to the plaintiff. The plaintiff having become acquainted with the de fendant, and having been about to publish a work, the publication of which he had actually advertised, the defendant, by a long libel he had published, had most ma terially prejudiced the sale thereof. The plaintiff began his life as a seafaring man ; he had been the captitin of a ship, and for some time occupied in engagements in that line. He had resided a very considerable time in the East, and become acquainted with the seas in those parts, as well as with the manners, habits, language, and commercial dealings of the natives. A treaty haring been entered into, between' the natives of India and some English traders, that a negociation should be carried on at Bombay, the plaintiff was to travel there, and after they were carried into effect, he was to hold a station there. He did start fur Bombay, but having met with several accidents, he was detained for a considerable time in his way to Bombay. In the course of his journey, be met with Mr. Bankes, who was then travelling in the East for his amusement, at a convent near to Jerusalem. Their acquaintance soon became warm, and afterwards as .speedily.grew cool. They made short touratogether, and particularly o ne across Jamb, near th e r i ver Jordan, which' occupied seven days. At a subsequent period, the plain tiffisited the spot again, and made ample notes of his journey, whieh continued for ten weeks; those notes the defendant knew of, and saw. The defendant also had made notes of a tour .through the same place ; afterwards the plaintiff made up his mind to publish a book, contain ing an account of his observations, to be called Travels in Palestine, and had advertised the publication of it in the Calcutta newspaper, of which paper he himself was at the time the proprietor and editor. A summary of the chap ters 'was also published, one of which stated, Jerash was a place that had been explored and described. This adver tisement having met the eye of the defendant, without taking time to see whether the Travels in Palestine were to contain a description of Jerash only, and having well known that the plaintiff had visited the place more than once, and taken full notes, he, with unequalled jealousy and passion, wrote a letter containing the language now complained of. This letter had been decidedly written to meet the eye of others as well as that of the plaintiff, for it was sent to the plaintiff unsealed and open, by a friend of the defendant's, a member of the East India Company, and with a request that he _would show it to O thers. The letter was dated Thebes, 12th Jima, 1819, a l‘ u ,r d iti b ri rt he by w s na ta . ting that he (the defendant) could not but addres s the plaintiff as the basest of men. His hand had seen it, copi ed t tn to th t e uri p t l i a t in tc t i iff his fo o r w h i e i and prac tisedtaken at n. the Any request, publish it as aecoutntit; impositionbuThesetsuitr'e plaintiff' and w h a g Bd7bknown, seen tt., a e b o n his manuscript, about t o p n his ow ant . u n e o s t t e , s a t n h d at fr t o h m e p t l h a e in d ti i ff re li ct a i d oi ta i taken, e ha d d ef b en ee d n . own hand 'the out the plan of the ' n4 ' l 7 of them had been put down by the defendant's h., de fe ndant had sketche d been defrayed b u y him ) "Ruins er ghed at for Atte :* h le tour had the expense of the plainer of anti fin tem p ti ng to be a draftsman and . i eg, not beingwould between Turkish an d it concluded by aee o • °relish architecture. The letter rant of the most irn ud the most igno intjff of being able to know the difference This was the effect oPtheelit and fraudulent pretenders. -7 contended, that a m or otter, and the Learned Counsel had never proceeded fro e m Was, that the plaintiff had nor had he used th e s k e p te e h d C : fen of an y ma n. The fact unfounded and unmanly attack notes,' The expense had been de madenone o b f y th th e e d d e e fe fe n n d d a ai nt i ' t s . frayed e se ach ven . ditlyih'es d t e o fe u i r i , da w nt hi k e n h ew oni trialunt the two of the t be he ut: p te4 l e a e in at° tiff fi wa fiY s esnhgailigned 4 ~Yr 4 4 in taking no s {'or ititure use : and it was very important to be kftfbilected, that the advertisement of the work ap pealbd in October, 1818; that the plaintiff's manuscript wci immediately sent to this country, which arrived early 1819, was instantly, published, and appeared to the public six months .before this abusive letter came into ex istence; and the Learned Counsel hoped the Jury would visit, in the strongest possible manner, the writing of this letter. It had caused the plaintiff bitterly to regret the day he had been introduced to the plaintiff, and to set that event down among the tsery /cost of the very bad perils that, in the course of human affairs, beset the wayfaring man. • H. W. Hobhouse, exainined by Mr. HILL— . Was in the East India Company's service; had refused to see the solicitor, who wished to take down his,evidence; received the letter now put into his hands from Mr. J. Banker+, the defendant; this was at the end of 1.819 ) at Trieste; it was unsealed then; witness read it at the time; believed the letter was sent to him from Mr. Bankes; had conver sation with Mr. Minke l about this letterbefore it was writ ten; can't describe the conversation; the conversation was partly about the letter. The nature and object of the conversation Was, that Mr. Bankes had fallen in with Mr. Buckingha m , some wher e i n Syria, who was about to rib- Wish a work, that he thought very unfair with regard to a publication that the defendant himself was thinking of; and that he had written a letter,. a copy of which he would send to witness; the def en d an t said something about what he Was to do with it; believed be had the note from the defendant accompanying the ,utter; the note produced was the not e , w hi c h the witness did not know there was any secret aboUt. Witness -at this time thought of going to Aleppo. Sheered the letter to Mr. John Palmer, of Calcutta ; thinks also he shewed it to Mr. Erskine, an officer filling an office in the Supreme Court in Bombay ; son of Sir James Mackintosh. Has no re collection of showing it to other persons. Did not imme dintely, but did ultimately, leave it with Mr. Palmer. The note was this :—" November 16th, 1818," signed "W. M. Bankes," and addressed to witness—" Dear sir, --I have found this morning, th e roug h draft of my letter to Mr. Bucki ng h am, upon f i rst getting sight of his adver tisement. I have transcrib e d it, and sent it to you enclosed. There may he verbal variations in it from that which was sent, .sineel kept n o d up li cate o f it ; b u t it i s essentially th e same throughout.. Some lines I have pre fixed to the copy, will give you my reasons for putting it particularly into your hands. I should wish you to 'Phew it to my friends in Aleppo, and Mr. and Mrs. Rich.. In India you will make what use of it you think proper; but should you find that the work has been withdrawn, it will, perhaps, be best to be mer ciful." The libellous letter was now read. The advertisement of the work in the Calcutta Journal was next proved. Other letters were put in and read, which had passed be tween the parties before the one of the 12th of June, 1819, to show that, d o wn to that time, the purest friend ship subsisted between them; that the plaintiff never had taken the least unfair advantage of any information impart ed to him by the defendant; and that the defendant had the highest opinion both of the talents and honour of the plaintiff. John Murray sworn, examined by Mr. PATTISON—I am a publisher in London. The manuscript now pro duced I received about five or six years ago; can't fix the time more particularly. When I parted with it, I believe it was given by Mr. Clerks to Dr. Babington ; this was some months after I received it. By Mr. GURNSY , - , —At the time I got the manuscript. back from Dr. Babington, I had not seen the letter Mr. Bankes sent to Mr. Hobbouse; Mr2Buckingham sent me duplicates of drawings and engravings ; can't say how many drawings ; there were more than two; might he fivtt or six; the rest consisted of old engravings, old French engravings. Those produced are some of the old engravings. Re-exmnined by Mr. BROViltatt--Those are some of the identical engravings; they were not sent b ac k, b ut , by some mi s t a k e o f my clerk's, kept; they were after wards put into the hands of Mr. Hatikes ; they are Mr. Buckingham's property ; by mistake they were not sent back to Mr. Buckingham ; it was not by mistake they were put into the hands of Mr. Bankes. There might have been more drawings than five or six, but cannot say how many more. The other engravings were sent by my direction to Dr. Babing ton. I had a letter from Mr. Bankes' father _before I gave up the documents put into my possession. I received a letter from Mr. Gifford, which was such, that I could not publish the work afterwards, without first giving Mr. Buckingham or his friends an opportunity of altering it. The letter I received from old Mr. Bankes, I gave up. Dr. Babington.—l am a physician ; I have travelled in the East ; I became. acquainted with Mr. Buckingham there ; I have known him since April, 1815 ; when in the East we travelled together; this was before 1816 ; I have seen him copy ancient inscriptions; not many, bit a few in India; he could copy those inscriptions certainly; •he saw the fac-similies he made at the time ; never saw him make drawings ; R A W him in Madras in 1818; saw many of hie note-books in his possession at that time; saw small note-books similar to the ones produced. Those I saw contained accounts of Jerash, and those were the statements that were afterwards published. The book now pro duced, containing sketches, is a book like that which I saw Mr. Buckingham have at Madras. After I came home I went to Mr. Murray to look after Mr. B.'s interest, in pursuance of a letter received from Mr. B. On going there, I received back the manuscript in the beginning of 1820 I took the manuscript to Messrs. Longman and Co. ; can't say that the book was published from this manuscript.. I have not compared any part of the ma nuscript with the printed hook. Mr. Buckingham introduced me to genie of his friends at Egypt, to Mr. Buckhardt at Cairo, and to Colonel Miasett at Alexandria ; they . appeared to he intimately acquainted with Mr. B. I received civilities from them on his account. Perhaps twenty or thirty drawings were given up to me by Mr. Murray, when he delivered the manuscript to me in January or February 20, which at that time he had hail in his poasession for some months. - By Mr. GUANXY.—Thosit drawings were scut to me by Mr. Murray, along with the manuscript, but I cannot say who drew them. Ido not know that Mr. Buckingham drew them. By Mr. Dar.t.—Mr. Reed--I am a partner in the house of Lougnuut and Co. We received manuscript from Dr. Babing ton, and I believe this is the same.. We put it into the printer's hands : it was afterwards published, the MIA edition in quarto, and the amend in oetavo. By Mr. GURSIZY.--There were it good many engravings in it. By the COUKT. —The inscriptions I saw Mr. Buckingham copying in India, were in unknown language ; I afterwards made one of them out, and foudd it was Scutari& Parts of the publication were read, with a view to prove that the publication was made front the manuscript of Mr. Buckingham. ......._ Arrowsrnith-- am a num-maker ; the particular map in the book, pointed out, is the reduction of the one I made from the original snap that was delivered to me. Th e map i n t h e hook is very different in its variations from the original sketch. The figures of the buildings differ, as laid down in the two, and there in plain languagelah:ens: g o e f r to go t o Bombay, ery a great inany dissimilarities in other respects. i have compared the printed drawings with th e a ddle* in the . which Dr. Bshington little book belonging to Mr. Buckingham beh m al r f . Of ß t u li v e k d in e g fen ha d i zt w •— as deposed to having seen at Madras, and he found them to agree iu all respects. This was the case for the plaintiff. Mr. Brough am , defendant.-- The h r. ii G tor n y a , sizr addressed the Jury on I t n h er at e , h a a t ri t ts l7 t d i e n s i i e ro a u ll s n o de f d hs t v o ing by that the English em ployed him, wh en th e Treaty of Commerce, 'a s it h a d been called, bad b een signed ; and adv anced money to defray his expenses. When he had, as he thought, got his own for itself, and was subsequently obliged to refund part of the purposes answered, he left business and every thing epee to shift money that had been advanced to him. The defendant was a gentlexuan of fortune, and a deacend ant o f a very . ancient house. Being Of " ac tive mind, and an ex cellent scholar, he bad travelled through the moot perilous ccnorie s , th at h e might, one day contribUte t<► the and the plaintiff having learnt adsancemenrOf science, and a knowledge in ancient history. Ac tour beyond the Jordan, cidentally he met with the plaintiff; that the defendant was about to make 4 w hich has always been a Mad hazardous one, be gge d per mission to be lila teaselling companion. The defendant refused. The . Plaintiff introduced himself u an intimate aequaintance of one of the defendant's best friends, and so : • • . 1 importuned the defendant,from time to' tith. ‘ ;,. ter fea tet go with him, even the character of a servant; tank.* would suffer it; that at list he did consent to take the plitintiffwitt him, upon a clear agreenicni that the notes he might take should be for the sole use of the defendant. Stiiptised, indeed, had been the de fendant, after this indulgence, to have seen the advertisement of the plaintiff's in the Calcutta newspaper. It was trut' that Mr. Arrowsmith had been called, who had said that the printed plates were very dissimilar to the original drawings. They were dissimilar, but the differences were made to snit the imaginations of the plaintiff. The meaning of which was, that the plaintiff had got alterations made of old prints, which he had pot into his book, to make the public sup.' pose that his prints and descriptions were new acid genuine. Those alterations had certainly been most injudiciously made, be cause most .highly respectable witnesses would be called tp prove, that they had been at the places deverlbed in the plaintiff ' s book, since the drawings were alleged to have been taken, and they would state the representations in the plaintiff's prints, were altogether incorrect. The defendant's servant would alt.o . prove, that the plaintiff was not in eircurnstancer to undertake the journey beyond the .fordan,because be had been obliged to borrow l dollars from him. The LearnedConnsel would also prove that the no torious character of the plaintiff in the Fast was that of an impos tor. And, after all this was shewn, surely damages would be out of the question. All that the defendant had done was to have written the hitter complained of, and which had been *hewn only to one or two persons, and this was called the publication of the librl. Mr. Bankes had been sit an enormous expenee in bringing witnesses all the way from Palestine, not for ay other purpose, but to prove that he had nut uttered nor circulated one word respecting the plaintiff, and could pot, ,but what was strictly correct. The Jury would consider the whole case, and no doubt give the proper weight to the evidence on both sides. The defendant's Counsel now began to call his witnesses, but we were obliged to leave the Court, to go to Press. (WE SHALL GIVE TITS CONCLUSION IN A SECOND EDITION.) COMMON HALL—(rnis DAY.) CORN LAWS. A Common Hall of the Livery and Freemen of London was this day held at Guildhall, for the 'purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning both Houses of Parliament for the repeal of the Corn Laws. Before the supporters of' the requisitions went to the hustings, Mr. Hunt, who headed one party of the requisi tionists, went to the Lord Mayor, and wished to knew on which of the two 'requisitions that had been pre sented to his Lordship the Common Hall had been convened. The precedence was given to Mr. navel!, whose requisition had been last presented. Now his (Mr. Hunt's requisition) that which had been put into his hands by a number of Liverymen, was first pre sented, and as they did not differ very essentially in their nature, he conceived that he should be allowed the prece dence. It was for his Lordship, however, to say to which it Should be given. The Loan MAYOR said, that Mr. Hunt had certainly presented his requisition first, but that requisition was for the abolition of all restrictive laws, and went to call for most extensive changes. His Lordship declared, that even upon that requisition, so worded, he should have convened the Common Hall. lie however suggested as a matter of expediency, that it should be diffinvutly worded. Mr. Hunt acceded to the suggestion, or, at least, pro mised to consider of it, and took away the requisition, promising to return it. He had not done so. In the mean time, Mr. Favell presented his requisition, which was the one on which the Hall Was convened, and therefore is was to him, the precedence ought to be given. Mr. Rama, offered Mr. Hunt the reaolutions or the petition, to second, if he thought proper. He was willing to cede to him any post after Mr. Bowring, or to do anything which could ac commodate him, or facilitate the business. Mr. Huns , declined acceding to the proposal. lie said he meat be guided by the opinion of his friends, as to the course he should pursue. The LORD MAYOR and patties then went on to the Hustings. By twelve o'clock, the hour appointed for the opening of the Hall doors, a number of freemen were assembled, and continued to do to up to the hour appointed fox• taking the chair. At a few minutes after,one o'clock, the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs came - in state from the Mansion House, and shortly after proceeded to the hustings, followed by the Ali - termini and Cornn►on Council.- On the hustings were Mr. Hunt, Mr. Ilowring, and Mr. Woolen The Loan Maroa having taken the Chair, the crier made the usual proclamation for silence and order, after which his Lordship came forward, and, in explaining the object for which the Meet ing was convened, said that it could nut be expected hut that a dif ference of opinion should prevail on this as on all other questions. It was of the unmet importance to hear what every man had to say, whether he differed from, or agreed with, the majority Le those present. He therefore begged that every man who addressed the Meeting should be listened to with attention. The officer then read the requisition. Mr. Fitvxm. often had the honour of addressing his fellow-citi zens in this Hall; but on no occasion With mere pleasure than now. There were many persons of various political creeds pre sent, and they all agreed to suspend party-feelings on this occa eion. We do not mean here to contend that agriculture is not * the good of the nation ; but it does not follow that it should he promoted at the expence of other interests. The true policy was to support public credit, end to consult upon interests ne cessary for its maintenance. They could not but witness the alarming state of affairs in which this kingdom has been within these twelve months. Persons of all parties, the shipping, ninufac luring, commercial, and agricultural interests, were obliged to he supported by charity., What the causes of distress were, there was a difference of ,opinion. It was not for him to enter into a detail on that subject : the question for the consideration of the meeting 4as, what could 'be the principal remedy for these evils. It was impossible not to notice the increase of crime, misery, and distress, without imputing it principally to the Corn Laws. He did not mean to say that they were the sole cause of these calamities, but they greatly aggravated them. The Corn Laws have been condemned by economists within these forty years; but the time is now come, when they have condemned themselve►►. In consequence of fraudulent averages, and other concomitants, the intention of the Legislature has been en tirely baffled. If these be protecting Corn Laws, they are more " honoured in the breach than the observance." He reprobated their constitutional principle sof suspending laws. Why not make good laws that would not require suspension?—. There was no question on which there were so many prejudices as this. In the reign of Elizabeth it was deemed criminal to deal in corn ; it ham been since found to have two beneficial uses, to wit : subsistence and mercl►andize. We find people of all claws op posed to the latter use : the agricultural peasantry at well as mechanics wish for cheap food ; Mr. Hunt has disco-' vered that high rents were not beneficial to farmers,—(we presume that he alluded to the meeting at Andover); the land owner says that high prices are not beneficial to him. hie held in his hand a pamphlet written by a gentleman of that class, (Mr. 'Whitmore), which did honour to his head and heart. It that pamphlet, the author says, " Whether 1 understam my own interest or not, I cannot affirm ; but high price, cause a fluctuation, and raise the %Atte of whatever Ind n ) new representative's four, etsfahrivreos mil e evr y ec e sr : vef want to buy ; so that on the whole, I do not imagine that I benefit by it." There was no citizen present could say that they were opposed to the Agricultural interest. He was dirposed to favour Agriculture, as far ar it was consistent with the interests of the community, Mr. Western, an extensive landowner, had admitted that if ail the interests of the country were united, that Corn Laws could not be salutary, unless all other interests prosper.- ed. Agriculture alone could not pay the interest of the National Debt. They were now going to call on a new Parliament to in stitute en inquiry into all the expenditure, and public rata wiehmeets, both domestic and foreign, of the Crown and natio n . They would put their principles to the' test, they were to he looked upon as dictators, whose duty was to inquire into the real state p ro pert_y A . th T laa he itigal p iti. u t b h l e ie ir loo me k imnw i t h of the nation at home and abroad, and to reduce the taxes as far at was consistent with public eTedit. They should look to their e nnatituenta at the guardians of the State. lit 'was now 'peaking in Guildhall, and if a circle were drawn within ten miles round it would encompass one-tenth of the population ofTtrlhieeerprneeseatinotnativee: g , an anxiety to the new Parliament: Ise was happy to way that t r h ea y t :171 re imp t r n o u v e e h me b n e t t tile: among gff thweittnhaehrvess.peetT-hteoy one-seventh of the commercial better than a dozen ; and it was a strong argument than o t h h j e oe y t h th ad ey ev t e ve r re b° l re. io n w before. discussing, in favour of it. They were now going to put on their harness, and he had seen enough to hope that they would endeavour to pro mote the interest of the nation, and more particularly of the city of London. Ile called upon the citize which they_ had long maintained, 'by us to . support the chars , crer . agreeing to the resoltit . n) . n . which he would now have, the honour to propose. B e t hen urn' t h e first Resolution, Mr. Bowmuu attributed the • . of the present disorganisation . _Agricultural System--the depth of degradation to which the Agri culturista had fallen,--the oppression of the Poor Laws, and the s t , Universal distresirqtalent in thus dtfuntry, to the sinister' motives of w thre ude m of en t „ he w ia ho b , ou f r o i r' n : c h pa tit ri ex til elu i s h i e ve co lz m at n t ity did w n e o re t e to ar at e ar i v f e. t_ . he thete were Ave hundred cargoes of grain lying on the Continent, feady to come into our harbours if the Con Laws were repealed. Re regretted the universe/ distress of the am:dries around us— the Pole and Russian were half mad, and the Englishman half starved. The supporters of the present system of oppression rumma ged the world for the luxurious ouppliee of their own tables; they did not drink the liquor of Sir John Barleyeorn—(a Laugh)—nor en deavour to support those to whom the poet had made so excel lent an allusion—. ......" a bold peasantry, their country's pride, " When once destroyed, could nev er b e supplie d." The supporters of the present system were the loudest in talking of the distferees of the poor, but the last to alleviate their distresesee by the reduction Of that article, which had been universally consider ed the staff of life. Out upon such patriotism ! He told them that it would be necessety far them to be bold and courageous in the support of the measure for which this meeting bad been called. He observed that the difference between the landholders end time agriculturists, was very distinct. The former ball the enactment of the laws in their own hands, which compelled the latter to support them to their own great privation, and the Landholders did not care if thousands left the pockets of the public, so that as many shillings were put into their own. He concluded by saying that swell a state of timings could not con tinue, smut called on them fur their unanimous, support to the objects of the present meeting.—(Loud applause.) Mr. STEVENS of Bishopegate, said, great as the advantages of a repeal of the Corn Laws would he, he could not consent to consider it as an universal panacea, for the evils which now threatened to overwhelm the country. They were a emu plicatitm of evils from complicated causes, the Acta of which had long been predicted. Be. then proceeded to say s that the time was come when the three great classes of society, the manufacturing and trading classes, and the landowlers, were to contest the claims of the latter class to advantages beyond those enjoyed by the two others. Ile proceeded to review the conduct of the landed interest, in getting the Income Tax, which chiefly fell upon themselves, repealed, at the same time that they passed the Corn Laws. Thus they (being the law makers), got rid of one burthen, whilst they put a bounty in their pockets by the importation of a bin.- then which fell on the other classes of the community.— He then reviewed at length the effects which he contended took place by the operation of the Corn Laws ; the low wages of the labouring classes made up by pours' rates, which pauperised and degraded. lie said that the effects of thole laws, if persisted in, would be to drive the manufacturers out of the country, and the ruin of the traders must of course follow. He commented ou the conduct of the farmers, during the war; their luxury and their efforts, to rank themselves amongst another class, in which they fluidly thought they were to continue fur ever. The farmer was then no longer seen at the plough, his home-brewed was ex changed for foreign wine, and his daughters spinning wheel was changed for the piano. He concluded by contending that, in ad dition to the repeal of these oppressive laws, which were made by the few, (be meant the lauded interest) which composed the House of Lords, and their, not the people's representatives, which composed the House of Commons, against, and at the coat of the many —the people should seek a reduction of excessive taxation-.-.a reales titan of excessive salaries—of the standing army—and above all, a reduction of the excessive emlariee of the clergy. This Wes a subject to which he should allude with delicacy ; but it now began to be felt generally, that the enormous impositions of tythea must soon be interfered with.—(Applause.) Mr. Huxr now presented himself to the meeting, and was warmly received. " What," be exclaimed, "is there no onethere in this Hall to hies me? It is really unaccountable that I should appear here without being hissed ; and if I do not do something let retrieve my character before I leave, I shall begin to suspect my own principles.__(Laughter.)—He then proceeded to say, that he would not detain them after the long speeches which they had heard. But those who had preceded him had spoken theoreti cally, he would now speak to them practically. It was quite tree what had been advanced by the last Speaker, that the repeal of the Corn Laws, if obtained, would be by no wane a pa nacea for their grievances. Any man who advanced such a proposition was either an impostor, coming forward to mislead the public, or he was imposed upon himself. The calamities which they all felt ceuld not be ascribed to the Corn Laws alone, but were the effects of a system of abuse and misgovernment, anti in a variety of quarters. Mr. Stevens, when he spoke of the farmers supporting the system of Corn Laws, and anticipating the perma nency of their prosperity under it, did not anticipate that a fanner was to follow him in addressing the Hall. Ile denied that the farmer had been changed during the' war---he was OM the same --(Nu ! no! from several voices, )_..:.h e orniiinatsl the same that he Was a citatory *go, exercising the same degree of hospitality and good feeling to those around him. It was true there had been efforts made to tefine some portion of that class during the war, but he denied that they were general, or characteristic of the farmer alone. Hi was in green-grocer's shop with a friend the other day when anon came into buy a farthing's worth of onions. On looking through into the back room, there was Miss, the green-grocer's daughter, moving her fingers over the piano, with es munch taste as had, perhaps, ever been displayed by the farmer's (laughter. then proceeded to contend that the landowners, and not the farmers, were be (IVIS /MALL GIVE THE CONCLUXION IN A SECOND EDITION.) FABI.IIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. Wiwnson, Om 18.—On Monday forenoon, Lord Farnborough took leave of his MAJESTY, and left the Royal Lodgefor his seat, Bromley Park. Yesterday afternoon Lord Graves arrived at the Royal Lodge, as Lord in Waiting on bis MAJESTY. Sir Edmund Nagle also arrived - on ii visit to his MAJESTY. Yesterday afternoon, at the usual hour of two o'clock, his MAJESTY, attended by Lord Graves, entered his phaeton, which was in waiting . . Sir Charles Page; Sir Edmund Nagle, Colonel Thornton, and other Members of the Household, entered the-double bodied phaeton. His MAJxsTr, on leaving the Royal Lodge, took his favourite drives to Virginia Water, and inspected the improvements there carrying on ; after which, his MAJESTY took several drives, which are now truly inviting, through the rural scenery of that delightful Lake, and returned to the Royal Lodge at a little after five o'clock, and, at seven o'clock, honoured his visiters and distinguished attend ants with his company to dinner. This afternoon, at half-past two o'clock, his MA JESTY, attended by the Lord in Waiting and part of his Household Suite, took an airing in his pony phae ton for nearly two hours, in the Great Park. in the course of two hours his MAJ ESTY drives over a great extent of ground ; the whole of the phaeton ponies can trot with ease twelve miles an hour. 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